John agate



JOHN .AGAZTE, or .PITTSFORD, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 79,931, dated July 14, 1868.

- IMPROVED BEER cO LER.

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TO ALL WHOM, IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN AGATE, of Pittsford, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Beer-Gooler; and 'I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had totthe accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view, showing one end broken away; i I v Figure 2 is a vertical section of one corner of the cooler, showing the water-discharge pipe. Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. The nature of this invention will be understood from thedrawings and specifications;

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,-I will describe its' construction and operation. I 1

My beer-cooler is composed of a wood box, B. This'box may either be round or square. It is divided into several apartments, H, by partitions E.- In the alternate end of each partition'E, in the upper edge, a small notch, b, is formed, so that the water will flow from one chamberinto another. In the corner of the box B, opposite to where the water enters it, I place a discharge-pipe, e, the top of which is below the top of"t hc box, as shown in fig. 2, so that thewater will discharge before it flows cover it. In each'apartment of the box B, an open metal tank, C, is placed, through which the beer flows. The tanks are joined together at each alternate end by a pipe,f. This pipe is placed at or near the bottom, andxfornis acontinuous connection, from one end to the other of the several tanks C. At the end of thejtank C, opposite to'the water-discharge pipe,-

e, I fasten a discharge-pipe, 0, extending to the outside of the box B. In the end of each metal tank, a hole, :0,

is made, and fitted with a plug, which is removed when itis desirable to clean-the tanks.

The object of this invention is to'makc a cheap beer-cooler, that can be used in-a small or large brewery.

The coolers at present'in the market being'expensiva'small operators are dcbarred using {the best means of' cooling; whereas my device, I find by crpcriencqis as effectual for the purpose, and they can be made at a trifling cost.

The operation is as follows: The beer is poured into the metal tanks.(), on the side opposite the pipe 21, andflows'in the direction shown bythe arrows J, and passes through eaeh'tank, by means'of the connecting-pipesf,

until it discharges through the pipe 1 The water at the same time is poured intothe apartment II, on the side-opposite the tank in which the beer enters, and flows in the direction as shown by the arrows K, and passes, over the different partitions, through the notches b, tc the exit-pipe e, thus keeping up a continuous flow of water through the apartments and alongside of thabeer-tanks. By thismeans the beer is cooled by the time it reaches the dischargespipc 'v. The-water entering on t'he opposite side to which the beer enters, and flowing in the'opposite direction, and the beer beingdischarged'fmm the tank 0, at the point where the water is coldest, it is brought to a proper temperature before it leaves the cooler. The connecting-pipe) being placed at or near the bottom of thetanks, all the beer is kept inmotien, and it is brought in contact with the cooling action of thewater. The' beer, a's'it passes from one tank to the other, is drawn down to the bottom of the operating conjoiutly, substantially as and forthepnrposes shown and described.

tank, where the water is coldestfhyplacirrg the coiinccting-pipesf at or near the bottom.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v Box 13, divided into several compaltiuents H, in combination with the tanks 0, and connecting-pipes f,

JOHN AGATE.

Witnesses:

Ms, L. GAGE, Gno. A. GAGE. 

